G/TBT/N/BRA/1328  
5 April 2022  
(22-2718) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
National Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS 85 ICS 
33. Telecommunication equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation 9, 9 January 2022.; (12 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Public C onsultation to update electrical safety technical 
requirements for conformity assessment of telecommunications products.  
The text of Public Consultation can be downloaded only in Portuguese at: 
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/TextoConsulta.asp?CodProcesso=C2
583&Tipo=1&Opcao=andamento  
Comments can be made at: 
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/ListaConsultasContribuicoes.asp?Tip
o=1&Opcao=andamento&PaginaAtual=2&Registros=10&cboAno=NULL  Selecting P ublic 
consultation No. 9  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Electrical safety requirements apply to electrical telecommunications 
intended for users of telecommunications services, aiming at their security through the 
protection of their physical integrity and facilities. The increasing use of such equipments 
exposes users to risks inherent to electronic technology. In addition, the user profile of 
these equipment includes virtually everyone: from a  child to from an elderly person, from 
a student to an executive. Due to the importance of ensuring the safety of these users, 
the need to establish minimum requirements and their assessment exists since the 
beginning of the conformity assessment process a dopted by Anatel  G/TBT/N/BRA/1328  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
01) Brazilian Official Gazette 57, on 24 March 2022, section 1, page 15 02) SEI process 
number 53500.068407/2021 -01 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-9-de-19-de-janeiro -de-2022-
388259721  
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?exIsiWoP
bTSMJNP15y_TiUpWIfX jgqaCc -
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roYM8jMgBXu3x_SGTofoRQ  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  23 May 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Telecommunications Agency – ANATELTelephone: +(55) 61 2312.2318  
Telefax: +(55) 61 2312.2949  
Email: certificacao@anatel.gov.br  
  
Comments should be sent to the Brazilian TBT Enquiry Point 
(barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br ) and copied  to certificacao@anatel.gov.br  
 
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/C ontribuicoes/TextoConsulta.asp?CodProcesso=C2
583&Tipo=1&Opcao=andamento